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Demo · The pacer in action
180WPM

Most readers never realize how much they re-read. It happens in a fraction of a second your eyes land on a word, drift forward, then snap back to check something they already captured. Researchers call it a regression. It wastes ten to fifteen percent of your reading time without improving comprehension. The fix is simple: a pacer that keeps your eyes moving forward. Something as basic as a highlighted word group, sliding across the page at a steady rhythm, trains the eye to trust its first pass. Within a few sessions, the backward glances fade. You stop losing time. The same page that took five minutes takes three and you remember just as much.

§ 00Your baseline

How fast do you actually read?

Read the passage at your normal pace. Click "I'm done" when finished, then answer 3 quick questions.

Takes about 2 minutes · No signup needed

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Train · Listen · EverywhereThe product

One subscription. Three ways to read.

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Listen

Upload any book — PDF, EPUB, DOCX — and neural voices read it to you, word-synced. 15 min a day free.

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Everywhere

A browser extension that brings the pacer and Listen to any article on the web.

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§ 01How it works

Three steps. Ten seconds.

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Paste

Paste any text — an article, a chapter, an email. We pace you through it, word by word.

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Read

The pacer highlights words at your speed. Your eyes follow. No going back.

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Train

8 minutes of daily drills build lasting speed. Comprehension included.

§ 02The training

The pacer makes you faster.
The drills make it permanent.

Three drills, eight minutes a day. They run on the same articles you paste into the reader.

Drill 01 · RSVP

2:30

Kill the inner voice.

Words flash one at a time at a target pace. The optimal recognition point is highlighted in orange — the letter your eye fixates fastest. Subvocalization can't keep up. With practice, its grip loosens.

deliberately
trains toward the 400–500 wpm ceiling

Drill 02 · Meta-guide

3:00

Stop your eyes from going back.

A pacer underlines three-word chunks at a steady tempo. Your eye learns to keep moving forward. Regressions drop. Comprehension stays.

trainsthe eye todrop subvocal
attacks the 10–15% spent re-reading

Drill 03 · Saccade

1:30

Widen what you see.

Quick jumps between fixation points train peripheral letter recognition. You start taking in chunks instead of words.

trains a wider perceptual span

All three drills run on your own articles — anything you paste.

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§ 03The science

Backed by research. Not marketing.

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avg adult wpm

Where most adults read. The number you finished school at — and the one you've kept since.

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trained, with comprehension

The practical ceiling sustained training reaches with comprehension intact — the honest number, per the research we cite.

¼s
per fixation

How long your eye pauses on each chunk. Train the size of the chunk, not the length of the pause.

23×
words per fixation, trained

Skilled readers take in two to three words per glance — eye-tracking's perceptual span. Untrained readers usually capture one.

Numbers above reflect ranges established by decades of eye-tracking research. Not every technique works for every reader — your training plan picks the ones that move your number.

§ 04Pricing

Start reading faster today.

Free

The daily reading habit — free.

$0forever

Read your articles faster.
No account if you're just trying it.

  • A personalized daily training session
  • Upload 1 book and read it in Focus mode — PDF, EPUB, DOCX
  • Neural Listen narration — 15 min a day
  • Streaks, daily quests & weekly leagues
  • Reading speed test with WPM tracking over time
Start reading

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14-day free trial

Pro

Everything. Unlimited. No restrictions.

$10/month

Everything in Free, plus unlimited books, AI review,
and every drill — the speed made permanent.

Train

  • 6 speed reading drills — RSVP, Schulte, Pacer, and more
  • Adaptive daily training with leagues and quests
  • Masterclass curriculum, fundamentals to mastery

Read

  • Upload any book — PDF, DOCX, EPUB — and speed-read it
  • Neural Listen voices (30 h/mo) with word-by-word sync
  • Personal library with reading progress

Retain

  • AI comprehension quizzes and chapter summaries
  • Highlights with spaced-repetition and AI review
  • WPM improvement chart over time
Start free trial

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Every article, read your way.

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§ 05Questions

Some honest answers.

Does speed-reading really work, or is it pseudo-science?+

Both, depending on what you mean. Marketing-grade "1,000 wpm with 100% comprehension" claims don't hold up. But systematically training subvocalization, regression, and fixation span — backed by real eye-tracking research — reliably moves readers up from the ~238 wpm adult average toward the research ceiling: roughly 400–500 wpm with comprehension intact. That's what we train for.

Will I lose comprehension?+

If you push too hard, yes. That's why every session ends with a comprehension check — your target speed throttles back automatically if accuracy drops below 80%. Speed without understanding is just scrolling.

Can I train on my own articles?+

Yes. Paste any article or text and the pacer will guide you through it — that works on Free, unlimited. Pro adds file uploads (EPUB, PDF, DOCX), Listen mode with AI voices, and the full training drill library.

How long until I see results?+

The first techniques — pacing and cutting regressions — usually show up in your numbers within the first couple of weeks. The durable gains come over weeks 3–8 as your plan calibrates to you. Every session measures both speed and comprehension, so you watch it happen.

What devices?+

Web app — works on any device with a browser, including mobile. A Chrome extension and native apps are on the roadmap.

Why $10?+

Two reasons. One: training works only if you keep showing up, so we built it to charge less than a coffee. Two: we don't sell ads or your reading data. The subscription is the business.